Trump the Demagogue
Stop worrying about how unlikely it is that so many could believe in Donald Trump. The fact is they were taken in by a type of politician that has been around since ancient Athens. They’re called “demagogues”. Consider this description of a demagogue by historian Reinhard Luthin: “What is a demagogue? He is a politician…
Read MoreEvangelical Support For Trump
Many have wondered how Evangelical Christians could side with a President who displays little evidence that he embraces gospel values nor is even much of a conservative. According to a recent book, Unholy, Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trump, President Trump has simply manipulated the Christian Right leadership into supporting him…
Read MoreThe President’s Pick
If the person nominated by President Trump to fill the Ginsburg vacancy on the Supreme Court is confirmed, that person may well help decide one or more of the various cases involving the criminal and civil liability of the President and his business enterprises that may come before the Supreme Court. This raises interesting questions:…
Read MoreIt Was the Impeachment
President Trump and his Senate comrade-in-arms Mitch McConnell have disclosed that the President failed to prepare the country for the coronavirus threat because he was “distracted” by the impeachment proceedings. As an example of this distraction, they cited the President saying on January 22 in reference to the virus outbreak, “We have it totally under…
Read MoreEMMM
Many people these days are asking how sometimes seemingly off-hand decisions of the President, such as the one to authorize the drone strike on the Iranian general, are being made. Concerns are at their peak when a decision is made at Mar-A-Lago. By mere chance, the answer came to me from a source in the…
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